Ivana Sullivan1, Pau Riera2,3,4, Marta Andrés5, Albert Altés6, Margarita Majem5, Remei Blanco7, Laia Capdevila8, Andrés Barba5, Agustí Barnadas5,9, Juliana Salazar10,11. 1. Medical Oncology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Quintí, 89, 08041, Barcelona, Spain. isullivan@santpau.cat. 2. Genetics Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Quintí, 89, 08041, Barcelona, Spain. 3. Pharmacy Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Quintí, 89, 08041, Barcelona, Spain. 4. Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Campus Diagonal, Av. de Joan XXIII, 27-31, 08028, Barcelona, Spain. 5. Medical Oncology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Quintí, 89, 08041, Barcelona, Spain. 6. Hematology Department, Fundació Althaia, C/Dr. Joan Soler, 1-3, 08243, Manresa, Barcelona, Spain. 7. Medical Oncology Department, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Carretera de Torrebonica, S/N, 08227, Terrassa, Spain. 8. Medical Oncology Department, Hospital de Sant Pau i Santa Tecla, Rambla Vella, 14, 43003, Tarragona, Spain. 9. Medicine Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Edifici M. Av. de Can Domènech, 08193, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain. 10. Genetics Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Quintí, 89, 08041, Barcelona, Spain. jsalazar@santpau.cat. 11. CIBERER U-705, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167, 08025, Barcelona, Spain. jsalazar@santpau.cat.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Clinical and pathological characteristics are still considered prognostic markers in metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients but they cannot explain all interindividual variability. Tumoral angiogenesis mediated by the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is critical for the progression and metastasis of the disease. We aimed to investigate the prognostic role of genetic variants within the VEGF pathway in patients with metastatic NSCLC. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We prospectively included 170 patients with metastatic NSCLC treated with first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. A comprehensive panel of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes belonging to the VEGF pathway (VEGFA, VEGFR1/FLT1, VEGFR2/KDR, GRB2, ITGAV, KISS1, KRAS, PRKCE, HIF1α, MAP2K4, MAP2K6, and MAPK11) were genotyped in blood DNA samples. SNPs were evaluated for association with overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). RESULTS: In multivariate analyses adjusted for patient characteristics, we found that VEGFA rs2010963 and VEGFR2 rs2071559 were significantly associated with OS [Hazard Ratio (HR) 0.7 (0.5-0.9); p = 0.026 and HR 1.5 (1.1-2.3); p = 0.025, respectively]. Additionally, ITGAV rs35251833 and MAPK11 rs2076139 were significantly associated with PFS [HR 2.5 (1.4-4.3; p = 0.002 and HR 0.6 (0.5-0.9); p = 0.013, respectively]. CONCLUSION: Our findings reinforce the potential clinical value of germline variants in VEGFA and VEGFR2 and show for the first time variants in ITGAV and MAPK11 as promising prognostic markers in metastatic NSCLC patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapy.
INTRODUCTION: Clinical and pathological characteristics are still considered prognostic markers in metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients but they cannot explain all interindividual variability. Tumoral angiogenesis mediated by the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is critical for the progression and metastasis of the disease. We aimed to investigate the prognostic role of genetic variants within the VEGF pathway in patients with metastatic NSCLC. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We prospectively included 170 patients with metastatic NSCLC treated with first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. A comprehensive panel of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes belonging to the VEGF pathway (VEGFA, VEGFR1/FLT1, VEGFR2/KDR, GRB2, ITGAV, KISS1, KRAS, PRKCE, HIF1α, MAP2K4, MAP2K6, and MAPK11) were genotyped in blood DNA samples. SNPs were evaluated for association with overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). RESULTS: In multivariate analyses adjusted for patient characteristics, we found that VEGFArs2010963 and VEGFR2rs2071559 were significantly associated with OS [Hazard Ratio (HR) 0.7 (0.5-0.9); p = 0.026 and HR 1.5 (1.1-2.3); p = 0.025, respectively]. Additionally, ITGAVrs35251833 and MAPK11rs2076139 were significantly associated with PFS [HR 2.5 (1.4-4.3; p = 0.002 and HR 0.6 (0.5-0.9); p = 0.013, respectively]. CONCLUSION: Our findings reinforce the potential clinical value of germline variants in VEGFA and VEGFR2 and show for the first time variants in ITGAV and MAPK11 as promising prognostic markers in metastatic NSCLCpatients receiving platinum-based chemotherapy.
Authors: Olga Roche; Diego M Fernández-Aroca; Elena Arconada-Luque; Natalia García-Flores; Liliana F Mellor; María José Ruiz-Hidalgo; Ricardo Sánchez-Prieto Journal: Int J Mol Sci Date: 2020-10-12 Impact factor: 5.923